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• Elisabeth Leonarda Helena van Mook, Gilze en Rijen († 1939)
• Francoise Lucie Henriette Leus, Villiers-le-Bel, Friesland, Nederland († 2012)
• Bernardus Johannes Zoetbrood, Heerlen,6400,Limburg,Nederland († 1937)
• Elizabeth Susanna (Bep) van der Meulen († 2010)
• Gerda - Gertruda Alfonsa Maria Gorissen, Berg en Terblijt († 2008)
• Celia Cornelia Hoogendoorn († 1975)
• Ineke Vos († 1996)
• Catharina Maria Elisabeth Terhoeven, Breda († 1999)
• Franciscus Antonius Engelbertus ZEWALD, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2017)
• Henny de Kock de Kok, Waesamu († 2011)

• Adriaan Oreel (50), Arnemuiden
• Antonetta Gehem (42), Maastricht, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adrianus van Trigt (59), Waardenburg
• Alida Houkes (70), Amsterdam
• Alida Jacoba Corbran (81), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Josephina Mutsaers (57), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Antonetta Gehem (42), Maastricht
• Albertina Catharinmaria Serné (59), Meppel
• Adrianus van der Zwet (75), Leiden
• Benjamin Walter van der Leuv (50), Suriname, Paramaribo

• 1935 » Ken Eastwood, Australian cricketer
• 1935 » Vladislav Volkov, Russian engineer and astronaut († 1971)
• 1936 » Frank Caprio, American judge
• 1936 » Mats Traat, Estonian poet and author
• 1936 » Robert Barnard, English author, critic, and educator († 2013)
• 1936 » Steve Landesberg, American actor and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1937 » Graham Hearne, English lawyer and businessman
• 1938 » Donald Roller Wilson, American artist
• 1938 » Patrick Kelly, English archbishop
• 1939 » Betty Everett, American singer and pianist († 2001)

• 1927 » Miguel Pro, Mexican priest and martyr (b. 1891)
• 1934 » Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
• 1937 » George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (b. 1858)
• 1937 » Jagadish Chandra Bose, Bangladeshi-Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (b. 1858)
• 1937 » Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene cantor and poet (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Ernie Jones, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Wilhelmus
12. Jacob
13. Gerardus
14. Hendrikus
15. Antonius
16. Franciscus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Petronella
9. Hendrika
10. Catharina
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Margaretha
15. Alida
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
• January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
• June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
• July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
• November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
• December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.

The temperature on November 23, 1937 was between -0.6 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.